Red Table Talk: Celebs Rumors

Jada Pinkett Smith had a hard time introducing the latest guest to her talk show, Red Table Talk, the mother of ex-Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who died by suicide in January this year. Before Cheslie’s mother April Simpkins joined Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris, the trio watched a montage about the pageant winner’s life and career.

Cheslie Kryst's mother, April Simpkins, is opening up about her daughter's longtime battle with depression and death on Jan. 30. In the latest episode of , April and her husband, David, sat down for their first interview after their daughter's death, discussing her final words and the legacy she's left behind.Cheslie was born in Jackson, Michigan, and graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina.

more.”Three years after her daughter’s tragic death, Simpkins sat down with the women of Red Table Talk, to discuss the events that preceded Cheslie Kryst’s suicide, her family’s grieving process, as well as the long-lasting effects of depression.During the interview, Simpkins also shared Kryst’s final text message, with her daughter writing that depression followed her “through every accomplishment, success, family gathering, and friendly dinner,” and that she “cried everyday as if she was in mourning.”Just a few days before her 30th birthday, Kryst penned a powerful article in Allure Magazine, where she wrote about her struggles in the two years following her Miss USA win, and the stigma behind a woman turning 30, and the pressure that sometimes comes with it.Later in the episode, Cheslie’s stepfather David Simpkins reminisced about the wonderful experience he was able to share with Kryst, and how her presence alone impacted his life. Still coping with the loss, he was still trying to find a healthy balance in his emotions.“Its hard balancing the grief and the gratitude,” Simpkins said.

Cheslie Kryst's death. In an exclusive clip from an upcoming episode of , David shut down speculation about his stepdaughter's law career that swirled after she died by suicide in January.«We didn't want to have an interview that was a soundbite,» David said of himself and April, Cheslie's mom.

Jada Pinkett Smith shared that she just recently realized she suffers from anxiety, though it pre-dates the slap drama stemming from the 2022 Oscars.The actress, 50, said she used to bite her fingernails and chew her cuticles, but didn’t connect her bad habits to anxiety until raising her daughter. “I never identified it as anxiety,” her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris, 68, noted during the most recent episode of “Red Table Talk,” which was presumably taped before Will Smith smacked Chris Rock during the ceremony.Pinkett Smith explained that dealing with and learning about her daughter’s anxiety helped her realize she also has anxiety.

Kim Basinger is opening up about her battle with anxiety — specifically agoraphobia. In the latest episode of , Basinger and her daughter, Ireland Baldwin, sat down to discuss mental health, Basinger's divorce from Alec Baldwin and more.Basinger's battle with anxiety started as a child but continued into adulthood and manifested into agoraphobia — which the Mayo Clinic defines as «a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed.»«I wouldn't leave the house.

Ireland Baldwin is opening up about a medical condition. The 26-year-old model is set to appear on Wednesday's episode of , and, in an exclusive clip from the interview, Baldwin reveals her experience with cardiophobia.«You're like, 'What is that?'» Baldwin quips to Willow Smith. «I didn't know either until I did a lot of research for a very long time.»Essentially, Baldwin says, «I have a fear of my own heartbeat.» An article published by the medical journal described the condition similarly, noting, «cardiophobic persons repeatedly present with complaints of chest pain and heart palpitations accompanied by fears of having a heart attack and of dying.»«When it starts getting really fast, even when I'm slightly nervous or if I exercise or anything, I start panicking to the point where I'm convinced, not matter what anyone says, that I'm going to have a heart attack and I have to go to a hospital,» Baldwin explains.

People, Basinger and her daughter Ireland Baldwin stopped by Jada Pinkett-Smith’s talk show where the “9 1/2 Weeks” star spoke about the many challenges she faced while battling agoraphobia.She said it was “really horrible” to suffer from the condition “as fiercely as I did during those years and not know what it was.”“I wouldn’t leave the house. I would no longer go to dinner,” Basinger said.Agoraphobia is classified as a type of anxiety disorder that causes an extreme amount of fear of certain situations, with many people even resisting leaving home.Basinger added that her agoraphobia felt “like something just completely shuts down within you and you have to relearn everything.”“I had to relearn to drive, and for many years I would not go through the tunnels at Malibu,” the “L.A Confidential” actress explained.

Will Smith has resurfaced following the Chris Rock Oscars' slap.  The "King Richard" actor was recently spotted in Mumbai, India, smiling and posing for photos with adoring fans.  He also waved to nearby onlookers shouting "Will! Will!" On Wednesday, Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, said her family is "focusing on deep healing" after her husband slapped Rock during the Academy Awards March 27. "Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing," a statement from Pinkett Smith before Wednesday's Facebook Live episode of Red Table Talk said. Earlier this month, the academy announced that Smith was banned from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of presenter Rock at this year’s ceremony.The decision came after a meeting of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.

Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris on Wednesday. Prior to the start of the episode, the incident involving Pinkett Smith's husband, Will Smith, and Chris Rock, at the 94th annual Academy Awards was addressed. “Considering all that has happened in that last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing...some of the discoveries around our healing will be shared at the table when the time calls,” a message at the top of the episode read. “Until then, the table will continue offering itself to powerful, inspiring and healing testimonies like that of our incredibly impressive first guest.

Will Smith’s Oscars slap right off the bat. “Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focused on deep healing,” a title card stated at the beginning of the episode, which was released on Facebook Watch on Wednesday.

! Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris return for the fifth season of their acclaimed Facebook Watch talk show on Wednesday, welcoming celebrity guests and more for candid conversations on tough topics.On Tuesday, the show dropped the trailer for its upcoming installment, highlighting the famous faces and serious discussions coming up with the trio of women. The new season kicks off with trailblazing global superstar Janelle Monáe as she opens up about her journey to come out at the age of 32 as well as the trauma she experienced from her father's drug addiction. The GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and LGBTQIA+ icon will be joined by her mom, Janet Hawthorne, who reveals she's a big fan of the Facebook Watch series.«I'm just happy someone invited me,» she teases in the trailer.

! Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris return for the fifth season of their acclaimed Facebook Watch talk show on Wednesday, welcoming celebrity guests and more for candid conversations on tough topics.On Tuesday, the show dropped the trailer for its upcoming installment, highlighting the famous faces and serious discussions coming up with the trio of women. The new season kicks off with trailblazing global superstar Janelle Monáe as she opens up about her journey to come out at the age of 32 as well as the trauma she experienced from her father's drug addiction. The GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and LGBTQIA+ icon will be joined by her mom, Janet Hawthorne, who reveals she's a big fan of the Facebook Watch series.«I'm just happy someone invited me,» she teases in the trailer.

The new trailer teased many celebrity guests invited to the red table, including Janelle Monáe, who will be on the season premiere.Monáe is expected to open up about her coming out at the age of 32 as well as her father’s drug addiction and will be joined by her mom, Janet Hawthorne.“I’m super honored to be here,” Monáe said.Another mother-daughter pair coming to the red table will be Kim Basinger and Ireland Baldwin. “I went through a very heavy-duty, out loud, when you’re in the public divorce,” Basinger says of her split from Alec Baldwin in the trailer, which will mark her first interview in over a decade.The preview shows Ireland opening up about her anxiety and the “different kinds of abuse” she’s been through.The mother of Miss USA Cheslie Kryst will also make an appearance at the red table to talk about her daughter, who died by suicide in January. “I walked through the door and just collapsed in my son’s arms,” the heartbroken mother says in the video.There will be a special episode dedicated to the victims of fraudsters, including Ayleen Charlotte, who was deceived by Netflix’s “Tinder Swindler” Simon Leviev, and Rachel DeLoache Williams, author of “My Friend Anna,” the tell-all about Anna Delvey.

Will Smith will reportedly address the punch heard across the globe on his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's show, Red Table Talk On Sunday night's Oscars, Will, who later went on to receive the Best Actor award for his role in the biopic King Richard, punched host Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada. Chris made a quip about Jada's shaved hairstyle and, despite initially being seen laughing, Will walked on stage and smacked the comedian around the face before angrily shouting: "Keep my wife's name out your f**king mouth." And after reportedly refusing to talk to reporters at the afterparties, it has now been claimed that the 53 year old will break his silence on the altercation of his wife's hugely popular Facebook show.

Red Table Talk at the time, per . She recounted the story of handfuls of hair falling out during a shower, which left her “literally shaking” with fear. “That's why I cut my hair and why I continue to cut it,” she explained.

Jaden Smith's got his weight under control now, a huge improvement considering the lengths his family went to help him with his health issue.The 23-year-old artist revealed during the latest episode of  that he's gained 10 pounds in the two years since his family staged an intervention, after the family grew concerned over Jaden's eating habits, or lack thereof. Fast forward to now, Jaden says he's in a much better place when it comes to his relationship with food.«I was able to work with the doctors and really get my vitamins and get my supplements and protein shakes,» Jaden said.

Sandra Bullock is still dealing with the aftermath of a stalker breaking into her home in 2014 while she was there. The 57-year-old actress appeared on on Wednesday and talked about the incident and how she underwent therapy to cope.Joshua James Corbett was convicted in 2017 of breaking into Bullock's home in 2014, during which she hid in her closet while calling police.

Sandra Bullock is opening up about the complexities surrounding raising her two children, 11-year-old Louis and 8-year-old Laila. The 57-year-old actress appeared on Wednesday's and candidly discussed raising two Black children as a white woman.Bullock adopted Louis in 2010 and revealed she adopted Laila in 2015.

Sandra Bullock is opening up about finding love again after her divorce from ex-husband Jesse James. In this exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode of , the 57-year-old actress calls her boyfriend, Bryan Randall, the «love of [her] life» and explains why she doesn't feel pressure to remarry.Bullock and James' divorce was finalized in 2010, and she was first linked to Randall, a photographer and model, in 2015.

Will Smith is taking over the red table! The star is hosting this week's episode of along with Venus and Serena Williams, for an exclusive conversation about the biopic.In this exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode, Will shares that Venus and Serena, who serve as executive producers on the project, withheld whether they were going to be executive producers on the film until after they saw the finished product.«It's a complicated story to tell and we wanted our story to be something that was really...,» Serena said. «That we were proud of,» Venus chimed in.The film follows the journey of Richard Williams, played by Will, as he raises his daughters to be tennis icons.

Jaden Smith joins his mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, and grandmother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, for a  that brings an underground topic to the surface: magic mushrooms!Previously thought of as a dangerous drug only to be done in secret — despite being popular during the, as Gammy refers to it, «woowoo era» — plant medicine is becoming widely seen as a miracle treatment for mental health.

Learning how to establish boundaries with people you know and love can be difficult, and the hosts of  are opening up about how they've learned to set limits to create healthier relationships.On the latest episode of the Facebook Watch series, Jada Pinkett Smith, her mom, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and guest host Lauren London sit down with therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab to discuss the struggles many of us have, including saying no to people, issues with co-dependency and more.Tawwab defined boundaries as «what we want, what we need, our expectations.»«I think of it as a preference,» she explained.

Jada Pinkett Smith is an open book once she sits down at her red table and her recent conversation with Gwyneth Paltrow was no different. On her show Red Table Talk on Wednesday the host and actress sat with her mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris, 68, and Paltrow to discuss the challenges of maintaining a healthy physical relationship with your partner and letting them know your desires.

Jada Pinkett Smith is clarifying comments about her sex life with Will Smith. The 50-year-old host took to Twitter on Wednesday to address a statement she made on the most recent episode of her Facebook Watch series.«Only because I got time today.

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t the perfect parent.

Jada Pinkett Smith works to keep the spark alive in her marriage. On the latest episode of Facebook Watch's Red Table Talk, the 50-year-old host tells her mom, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and guest Gwyneth Paltrow, about the difficulties of maintaining a good sex life after more than two decades of marriage to Will Smith.The couple tied the knot in 1997, and will celebrate their 24th anniversary on New Year's Eve.

Elizabeth Smart is speaking out following Gabby Petito's death. The 33-year-old advocate, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home, joined the latest episode of to discuss Petito's case, the missing people of color who don't get media attention, and her own experiences.«I was alive.

During the Sept. 30 episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans, Gloria Estefan, 64, revealed for the very first time that she was sexually abused when she was 9 years old. The Cuban-American singer shared her deeply personal story to niece Lili Estefan and daughter Emily Estefan, and explained that her abuse occurred at the hands of “someone my mother trusted.” She added, “He was family, but not close family.”

Michelle Visage is getting candid about her health issues.

Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and «Gammy» Adrienne Banfield-Norris, discussed plastic surgery, the pressures women face to look a certain way and the surgeries they've considered getting, including a BBL.«I'm glad we are talking about this today, the BBLs, 'cause I was considering getting one,» Jada shared. «Me too!» Willow interjected.

Jada Pinkett Smith is getting a lot of love on her special day.

Red Table Talk is back and Jada Pinkett Smith, her mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and daughter Willow Smith are ready to open up the conversation. The host shared her excitement on Instagram with a captivating video showing fans what to expect- like their new hairstyle.

Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter, Willow, and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, are back at the red table! The Emmy-winning Facebook Watch series  made its return on Wednesday, and the hosts kicked off their arrival with a revealing episode on their hair journeys.The trio — who all sport super-short cuts — broke down the experiences that led them to cut their hair and welcomed special guests with similar experiences, including superstar comedian Tiffany Haddish,  star Yvonne Orji and casting director Sidra Smith. They discussed how society makes women feel dependent on having longer hair to seem more attractive, especially in the Black community where women utilize protective styles for various reasons.

Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter, Willow, and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, are returning to their iconic round table for another installment of the Emmy-winning Facebook Watch series on Sept. 15, with new episodes streaming weekly.The trio's return is marked by a special premiere episode starring superstar comedian Tiffany Haddish and  star Yvonne Orji.

Jada Pinkett Smith is calling herself «a walking miracle» after being able to get a hold of her addiction issues. The 49-year-old actress discussed alcoholism on Wednesday's and candidly opened up about her own experience with heavy drinking, which she said she mixed with drug use in the past.Jada said she was a brown liquor drinker and that wine was like Kool-Aid to her.